tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51543148095477997072023-11-15T06:38:56.796-08:00CADclips UniversityFor those who can't make the trip to Vegas !Daryl Gregoirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475252872154500896noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154314809547799707.post-35184046141011016692007-11-01T10:08:00.000-07:002007-11-01T10:14:09.028-07:00CADclips Unviversity (CU) has been cancelled !<div align="center">Due to the lack of attendees I have no choice but to <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">cancel CADclips University</span></strong> !</div><p><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Believe it or not we only have two people sign up !</div><div align="center"></div><p><div align="center">Unfortunately the time and energy involved in delivering this is not feasable for just two people.</div><p><div align="center"></div><div align="center">We will be refunding our two loyal customers their $25 and try again next year : )</div>Daryl Gregoirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475252872154500896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154314809547799707.post-13208434789226561632007-10-16T21:27:00.000-07:002007-10-22T09:46:18.596-07:00CU 11 07 Class Schedule released<p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><strong>Due to US Thanksgiving we have moved the North American dates forward by one week.</strong></span><br /><br /></p><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">New <span style="color:#3333ff;">North American</span> Dates are: </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;">November 13, 14, 15, 16</span></strong><br /></div><p><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">* We will repeat all the classes the following week for my friends down under.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">New <span style="color:#009900;">Australian</span> Dates are:</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;">November 20, 21, 22, 23</span></strong><br /></div><p><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><strong>$ 25 - Full week pass to all 12 classes (x 2) !</strong></span></div><p><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">(you can attend both the North American and Australian classes)</span><br /></div><p><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><a href="http://www.cadclips.com/CADClips-CU.htm"><span style="font-size:130%;">Click Here</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> to register for this event.</span></span></strong><br /></div><p><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Click on the image below for </strong></span><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>an enlarged view of the</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong></strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>class schedule</strong>.</span></span></div><p><div align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><a href="http://www.dgcad.com/images/CU-11-07-Class-Schedule.png"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.dgcad.com/images/CU-11-07-Class-Schedule.png" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#000000;">Ok, I thank you all for your patience !<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">We're now making some good progress getting this first CU all organized.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">I am going to have to <strong>forego the MEP lessons</strong> until the next CU to take place sometime in the near future.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Other than that it's all good news.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">The best news is the cost for a full week pass is</span> <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">only going to be $25</span></strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">.</span> <span style="color:#000000;">That is correct, <strong>just $25</strong> gets you <strong>into all classes, all week</strong>.</span> <strong><span style="color:#009900;">You can attend which ever class you want</span><span style="color:#009900;">.</span><br /></strong><br /><span style="color:#000000;">If you want to <strong>have more than one person</strong> in the room taking part <strong>please feel free</strong>. Invite whom ever you want.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">We ask only that you <strong>do not give your login information away</strong> to others.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">We will be using <strong>GoToMeeting</strong> and Citrix technology to <strong>deliver the video</strong> aspect of the classes through the internet.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">* Please Note</span>:</span></strong> I will be providing a <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">1-800 number</span></strong> to deliver the <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Audio part</span></strong> of the class. You will need to <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">dial in to hear me speak</span></strong>. You will also be <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>getting billed separately</strong></span> on <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">your own phone bill</span></strong> for the long distance charges associated to the 1-800 call. I am told by the GoToMeeting people that the average North American charge will be <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">4.75 cents per minute per person.</span></strong> This works out to be approx. $3 per 1 hour session. I did not think this was unreasonable.<br /><br />I will be posting a link to where <strong>you can sign up</strong> very shortly.<br /><br />I will also be <strong>repeating certain lessons</strong> based on <strong>Australian business hours </strong>for my friends down under<strong>. Aussi times and classes TBA</strong>. </span><span style="color:#000000;"></div></span><span style="color:#000000;"><p align="left">Here are the Class Outline details as they are being developed. More information coming soon.</span></p><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"><strong>Class Outlines:</strong></span> (see schedule above for times & dates)<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>CU-11-07-01 - AutoCAD Architecture 2008 - Spaces and BOMA Standards (1 hr)</strong></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">This class will demonstrate the use of the new space objects and tie in the ability to use the BOMA Area Calculation standards. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">We will add the spaces, tag the spaces and schedule the spaces. We will learn how to customize the schedule and add additional property columns. We will learn about the BOMA standard and create 3 new Display Configurations from the ground up to display the plan with cross hatching representing the Net, Usable and Gross areas.<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>CU-11-07-02 - AutoCAD Architecure 2008- Networking Palettes (1 hr)</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">It took me alot of messing around to get the process and logic straightened out to create networked Palettes and Catalogs. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Now that I have it down to a science it's simple and it works really great. Let me compress about 6 months worth of experimenting into 1 hours worth of training that will make using palettes a whole lot easier.<br /><br />This lesson is not just for the large office installation the lessons learned here can be equally applied to a single user situation.</span></div><span style="color:#000000;"><div align="left"><br /></span></div><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>CU-11-07-03 - REVIT Architecture 2008 - 3D House Start to Finish (2 hrs)</strong></span><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">This class is perfect for a new user but will have something for everyone.<br /><br />We start with a clean slate and a robust template file. We will model and then document a full set of house plans from the imported site plan to the roof top. Will will do our best to reach all corners of the REVIT tool set, object types and controls. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Topics covered are setup, options, units, templates, walls, footings, floors, doors, windows, roofs, stairs, railings, casework, components, views, sheets, dimensions, text, sections, elevations, details, beams, framing plans, materials, cameras, topsurface, property lines, object styles, linestyles, visibility graphics, graphic overrides, rendering, entourage...and more.<br /><br /></span><strong><span style="color:#cc33cc;">CU-11-07-04 - REVIT Structure 2008 - A to Z (2 hrs)</span></strong> </div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">In this power packed class we will try to squeeze in as many lessons on REVIT Structure as possible. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">We will go through the process of modelling and documenting a new structural project. We will start with a general overview of the setup and REVIT Structure way of doing things. Then we will look at the REVIT Structure basics as well as the modelling tools and how they work. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">We will cover the fundamentals and look at how the design bar and project browser are used. We will demonstrate the important part that views and visibility play in the REVIT environment and how it differs from REVIT Architecture. We will demonstrate how to start a structural project by importing a DWG and making use of those vectors. We will also look at flat sloping floors and roofs.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><span style="color:#993300;"><strong>CU-11-07-05 - REVIT Architecture 2008- Custom Families (2 hrs)</strong></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">This is for the advanced user but I always say "no time like the present' to throw yourself into the family editor. This is a great compliment to the Massing class CU-11-07-09.<br /><br />Here will will build several custom families of different catagories. We will learn all kinds of tips and tricks for modeling, adding local and shared parameters and much more. The actual family catagory types TBA<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>CU-11-07-06 - AutoCAD Architecture 2008- Project Navigator Setup (1 hr)</strong></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">This is simple. We will learn how to setup and untilize the Project Browser and Project Navigator to start and maintain a project. More details TBA...<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>CU-11-07-07 - REVIT Architecture 2008- Curtain Systems (1 hr)</strong></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">You will be looking for Curtain System projects after taking this class. I took the time to test and experiement with it and now I will present the results to you. </span></div><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">There are 'curtain walls' and there are 'curtain systems'. Each one has it's own advantages which we will spotlight. Both of these use curtain 'grids', 'panels' and 'mullions'. You can use 3d linework or other model edges to create the curtain system 'ruled surfaces'. Then you slice it up with grids, add the panels and mullions and print.</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">We will also take a look at the panel and mullion families and materials.<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>CU-11-07-08 - REVIT Architecture / Structure 2008 - Colabooration (2 hrs)</strong></span><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">It's time to start going back and forth bewteen REVIT Architecture and Structure while sharing a model. </span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">As a real life scenerio we will import the REVIT Architecture model into REVIT Structure and visa versa to copy / monitor the levels, grids, walls, columns and floors. We will place load bearing columns, slabs, beams, girders, joists, purlins, walls and footings. We will also see how the interference checker works.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>CU-11-07-09 - REVIT Architecture 2008 - Massing (1 hr)</strong></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Massing is fun, massing is easy. Massing skills can be used to make buildings or to model families. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Model from the outside in and convert / maintain those masses into walls, floors and roofs with the Building Maker tools.. We will utilize both the Solid Form and Void Form sweeps, extrusions, blends and revolves. This is a great compliment to the Custom Families class CU-11-07-05.<br /><br /><span style="color:#6666cc;"><strong>CU-11-07-10 - REVIT Architecture 2008 - Phasing and Design Options (1 hr)</strong></span></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#000000;">More details TBA...<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#996633;"><strong>CU-11-07-11 - REVIT Structure 2008 - Rebar Reinforcing (1 hr)</strong></span><br />I think most people try the rebar tools once or twice, get confused and then give it up. I can clear up that confusion and get you up and modelling 3D rebar. You can place rebar from a plan view or section view.</span></div><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">We will model the 3D rebar for 2-3 different scenrios to try to demonstrate a few methods.</div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>CU-11-07-12 - REVIT Architecture 2008 - Walk Throughs (1 hr)</strong></span></div><span style="color:#000000;">Walk throughs are invaluable to the eye of the observer. Sure you and I can picture it all in 3D but can the customer? </span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">We will put together an interior and an external walk through and export it to an AVI.</span><br /></span>Daryl Gregoirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475252872154500896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154314809547799707.post-2867187889942155272007-08-21T10:52:00.000-07:002007-10-17T18:56:26.019-07:00First Annual CADclips University<p><a href="http://www.cadclips.com/"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">CADclips.com</span></strong></a> is very proud to announce the first annual, completely <strong>online and interactive</strong> CADclips University (<strong><span style="color:#000000;">CU</span></strong>). </p><p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><em>* My apologies. Adding in the new 'Polls' option on the left side of this blog seems to have disabled the 'Back' button of the web browser. I have notified Google/Blogger and apologize in the mean time.</em></strong></span><br /><br />Now's your chance to say "<em>I was at the first CU</em>' </p><p><strong><- Please take the POLL on the <em>left</em> hand side of this blog if you are interested.</strong></p><p>Here's the poop.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Date:<br /></span>November <strong>13, 14, 15, 16</strong> 2007 <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(revised)</em></span><br /><br />Location:<br />In the comfort of your chosen environment.<br /><br />Meals and refreshments:<br />From your ice box or favorite delivery<br /><br />Transportation to/from the Airport<br />N/A<br /><br />Hotel reservations:<br />N/A<br /><br /><strong>Requirements:</strong><br />A computer with high speed internet and preferably a speaker phone.<br /><br />Sound good so far........ ?<span style="color:#999999;"><br /></span><br />We will be posting more details and 'early bird' registration fees in the near days to come.<br /><br />In the mean time, if you wish to inquire or suggest a topic, now is the time. Just comment to this blog or <a href="mailto:cadclips@eastlink.ca?subject=CU-Inquiry" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;">send me an email</span></a> .<br /></p>Daryl Gregoirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475252872154500896noreply@blogger.com2